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muggy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mug·gy /ˈmʌɡi/ adjective  informalWET muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and the air seems wet 〔天气〕闷热潮湿的 SYN humidsee thesaurus at damp, hot, wet
Examples from the Corpus
muggyIt was warm again, warm and muggy.It was a warm muggy afternoon, and it looked like it would rain.The air now had a muggy, almost tropical, feel.The coast was rough country and the big rucksack a burden in the muggy atmosphere.But on this muggy August afternoon, with no open windows, its failure is guaranteed.It is another hot muggy day.It was a hot, very muggy evening.Summer is hot and muggy in the Deep South.When it's hot and muggy, no one feels like working.I meet her, in my unflattering dress, at the Warrior one muggy Saturday.The prestigious venue was host to 46 teams on a muggy Sunday.
Origin muggy (1700-1800) mug light rain ((1700-1800)), probably from a Scandinavian language
mug·gy adjectiveChineseSyllable
unpleasantly and Corpus warm muggy is weather


muggy
muggy /ˈmʌɡi/ adjective
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: mug 'light rain' (1700-1800), probably from a Scandinavian language
informal muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and the air seems wet
   SYN  humid


muggyBrE /ˈmʌɡi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmʌɡi/ 🔊 adjective(of weather 天气) warm and damp in an unpleasant way 闷热潮湿的 SYN close2 a muggy August day八月里闷热的一天